The Matrix Awakens is the must-see next-gen showcase

[WYP]

This is why we needed new hardware!



Read more about Epic Games' The Matrix Awakens tech demo.

 

[smilertoo]

meh

If only they could do something like say "3080 or above".

 

[Peace Ð]

Please tell me the intro scene with the armchairs is NOT rendered ingame. This looks too real.
You can easily tell when they show ingame footage, but the intro scene left me guessing.


//EDIT: Wait, you said in the article. That scene really is rendered?! FFS!?

 

[KingNosser]

Please tell me the intro scene with the armchairs is NOT rendered ingame. This looks too real.
You can easily tell when they show ingame footage, but the intro scene left me guessing.


//EDIT: Wait, you said in the article. That scene really is rendered?! FFS!?

It's all done in UE5 everything.

Not so hard to understand when it's 3d scans and newer engine tech games are going to look really nice over the next year.

If you needed/wanted a new GPU before well you need one more so now with UE5 coming

 

[Dicehunter]

It will eventually come to PC, It'll just be XBSX and PS5 exclusive for a while as you know people with potato PC's will complain and post on every forum and YouTube comment section "iT's uNoPtImIsEd".

 

[NeverBackDown]

Well to be fair half the stuff coming out these days isn't greatly optimized even on premium hardware..

 

[Dicehunter]

Well to be fair half the stuff coming out these days isn't greatly optimized even on premium hardware..

True but this is something that needs a decent level of performance and I can bet you anything that if they released it right now we'd be seeing people with Core 2 Duo E6600's and 8800 GT's complaining "I can't run it maxed out it's unoptimised" and the gaming press would do their usual thing and type up hyperbole filled stories.

If they release it a few months after the initial "oooooh shiny" phase then no one will really care what people say about the PC experience and the gaming press will mostly ignore it.

 

[ImprovizoR]

This is like 95% photorealistic. The way they walk gives it away the most, and there are some very tiny, very subtle hints in their facial expressions and facial texture or lighting that doesn't look quite as natural as it should. But there's no uncanny valley and that is a huge plus. Also Keanu's hair isn't 100% realistic looking when he's moving around. But as a screenshot, he looks 100% real.


I truly hope that these people won't make an actual Matrix game that doesn't let you play as Neo.

 

[NickOmega]

It's all done in UE5 everything.

Not so hard to understand when it's 3d scans and newer engine tech games are going to look really nice over the next year.

If you needed/wanted a new GPU before well you need one more so now with UE5 coming

It cuts around between live action and rendered. When it's just Neo talking near the chair = live action, then when it cuts to include Morpheus and young Neo, it's rendered, then the "reflection" in the mirror is live action again.